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- Publisher: Harper Perennial
- Number of Pages: 368
- ISBN: 0061768251
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113267336
- Release Date: October 1, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #96757 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #11280 in Fiction & Literature (See Top 100 Fiction & Literature Bestsellers)
- #2132 in General (See Top 100 General Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "The Hidden" by Tobias Hill to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "The Hidden"Browse more products related to "Tobias Hill"Review"Tobias Hill's impressive THE HIDDEN...likes to take subjects conventionally associated with airport thrillers -- murder mysteries, quests for ancient treasure, conspiracies -- and crack them open to probe for more succulent literary meat....[W]hat distinguishes THE HIDDEN is both a clarity of purpose...and radiant prose. Hill's style is the opposite of the description-clogged, obscurantist verbiage that most poets produce when turning to fiction. Instead, he brings to this novel the kind of metaphor so good you don't savor it so much as shiver with instantaneous recognition." "THE HIDDEN...[is] an unusual, exhilarating hybrid of high-stakes, propulsive narrative; erudite yet breezy summations of specialized historical data; and strikingly evocative language. [Hill] excels at the rendering of a place, often freezing a scene to make it a charged tableau of wonder and menace." Publisher's noteBen Mercer joins a high-stakes archeological dig of ancient Spartan ruins only to find that his colleagues mirror the ancient Spartans in many ways and discover that the ruins contain long-buried secrets, in a book by a Pen Award winner that weaves scenes of ancient Sparta with the modern story. Original. 30,000 first printing. Ben Mercer joins a high-stakes archeological dig of ancient Spartan ruins only to find that his colleagues mirror the ancient Spartans in many ways and discover that the ruins contain long-buried secrets, in a book by a Pen Award winner that weaves scenes of ancient Sparta with the modern story. Original. 30,000 first printing. AnnotationBen Mercer's marriage has failed, his thesis on ancient Sparta is unfinished, and he's working a grisly job at a meat kitchen. Eventually he takes a job as an archeological digger at Sparta itself, where he finds himself powerfully attracted to five other members of the research team, members who seem to share a secret, and who often act as if they are following the pitiless philosophy of the Spartans themselves. Poet Tobias Hill has crafted a wonderfully chilling novel that effortlessly combines philosophy and history with all the suspense of a top-notch thriller. From an award-winning novelist and poet comes the gripping story of a lonely outsider whose arrival at a high-stakes archaeological dig through ancient Spartan ruins unearths long-buried secrets. If You Enjoy "The Hidden (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "The Hidden (Paperback)" by Tobias Hill (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Fiction & Literature Bestselling BooksExplore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
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